diff --git a/lib/std/c.zig b/lib/std/c.zig
index 7c0190854..39a865ebb 100644
--- a/lib/std/c.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c.zig
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pub extern "c" fn fstatat(dirfd: fd_t, path: [*:0]const u8, stat_buf: *Stat, fla
 pub extern "c" fn lseek(fd: fd_t, offset: off_t, whence: c_int) off_t;
 pub extern "c" fn open(path: [*:0]const u8, oflag: c_uint, ...) c_int;
 pub extern "c" fn openat(fd: c_int, path: [*:0]const u8, oflag: c_uint, ...) c_int;
+pub extern "c" fn ftruncate(fd: c_int, length: off_t) c_int;
 pub extern "c" fn raise(sig: c_int) c_int;
 pub extern "c" fn read(fd: fd_t, buf: [*]u8, nbyte: usize) isize;
 pub extern "c" fn readv(fd: c_int, iov: [*]const iovec, iovcnt: c_uint) isize;
diff --git a/lib/std/c/linux.zig b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
index 7ac5ecd3f..1da0db57d 100644
--- a/lib/std/c/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/c/linux.zig
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ pub extern "c" fn sigaltstack(ss: ?*stack_t, old_ss: ?*stack_t) c_int;
 
 pub extern "c" fn memfd_create(name: [*:0]const u8, flags: c_uint) c_int;
 
+pub extern "c" fn ftruncate64(fd: c_int, length: off_t) c_int;
+
 pub extern "c" fn sendfile(
     out_fd: fd_t,
     in_fd: fd_t,
diff --git a/lib/std/fs/file.zig b/lib/std/fs/file.zig
index 8362f94ca..8bb377c99 100644
--- a/lib/std/fs/file.zig
+++ b/lib/std/fs/file.zig
@@ -99,6 +99,14 @@ pub const File = struct {
         return false;
     }
 
+    pub const SetEndPosError = os.TruncateError;
+
+    /// Shrinks or expands the file.
+    /// The file offset after this call is undefined.
+    pub fn setEndPos(self: File, length: u64) SetEndPosError!void {
+        try os.truncate(self.handle, length);
+    }
+
     pub const SeekError = os.SeekError;
 
     /// Repositions read/write file offset relative to the current offset.
diff --git a/lib/std/io/test.zig b/lib/std/io/test.zig
index 38dd2bb67..961537707 100644
--- a/lib/std/io/test.zig
+++ b/lib/std/io/test.zig
@@ -125,6 +125,23 @@ test "File seek ops" {
     expect((try file.getPos()) == 1234);
 }
 
+test "setEndPos" {
+    const tmp_file_name = "temp_test_file.txt";
+    var file = try fs.cwd().createFile(tmp_file_name, .{});
+    defer {
+        file.close();
+        fs.cwd().deleteFile(tmp_file_name) catch {};
+    }
+
+    std.testing.expect((try file.getEndPos()) == 0);
+    try file.setEndPos(8192);
+    std.testing.expect((try file.getEndPos()) == 8192);
+    try file.setEndPos(4096);
+    std.testing.expect((try file.getEndPos()) == 4096);
+    try file.setEndPos(0);
+    std.testing.expect((try file.getEndPos()) == 0);
+}
+
 test "updateTimes" {
     const tmp_file_name = "just_a_temporary_file.txt";
     var file = try fs.cwd().createFile(tmp_file_name, .{ .read = true });
diff --git a/lib/std/os.zig b/lib/std/os.zig
index 76a5dc2be..62347c2ee 100644
--- a/lib/std/os.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os.zig
@@ -438,6 +438,39 @@ pub fn pread(fd: fd_t, buf: []u8, offset: u64) PReadError!usize {
     return index;
 }
 
+pub const TruncateError = error{
+    /// The file descriptor is not open for writing.
+    NotFile,
+} || UnexpectedError;
+
+pub fn truncate(fd: fd_t, length: u64) TruncateError!void {
+    if (std.Target.current.os.tag == .windows) {
+        try windows.SetFilePointerEx_BEGIN(fd, length);
+
+        if (windows.kernel32.SetEndOfFile(fd) == 0)
+            return TruncateError.Unexpected;
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    while (true) {
+        const rc = if (builtin.link_libc) blk: {
+            if (std.Target.current.os.tag == .linux)
+                break :blk system.ftruncate64(fd, @bitCast(off_t, length))
+            else
+                break :blk system.ftruncate(fd, @bitCast(off_t, length));
+        } else
+            system.ftruncate(fd, length);
+
+        switch (errno(rc)) {
+            0 => return,
+            EINTR => continue,
+            EBADF, EINVAL => return error.NotFile,
+            else => |err| return unexpectedErrno(err),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Number of bytes read is returned. Upon reading end-of-file, zero is returned.
 ///
 /// Retries when interrupted by a signal.
diff --git a/lib/std/os/linux.zig b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
index 79f9ba9c9..ba7356d62 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/linux.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/linux.zig
@@ -390,6 +390,33 @@ pub fn write(fd: i32, buf: [*]const u8, count: usize) usize {
     return syscall3(SYS_write, @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)), @ptrToInt(buf), count);
 }
 
+pub fn ftruncate(fd: i32, length: u64) usize {
+    if (@hasDecl(@This(), "SYS_ftruncate64")) {
+        if (require_aligned_register_pair) {
+            return syscall4(
+                SYS_ftruncate64,
+                @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)),
+                0,
+                @truncate(usize, length),
+                @truncate(usize, length >> 32),
+            );
+        } else {
+            return syscall3(
+                SYS_ftruncate64,
+                @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)),
+                @truncate(usize, length),
+                @truncate(usize, length >> 32),
+            );
+        }
+    } else {
+        return syscall2(
+            SYS_ftruncate,
+            @bitCast(usize, @as(isize, fd)),
+            @truncate(usize, length),
+        );
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn pwrite(fd: i32, buf: [*]const u8, count: usize, offset: usize) usize {
     if (@hasDecl(@This(), "SYS_pwrite64")) {
         if (require_aligned_register_pair) {
diff --git a/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig b/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
index 05a7a8f6a..2e5214eb2 100644
--- a/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
+++ b/lib/std/os/windows/kernel32.zig
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub extern "kernel32" fn CancelIoEx(hFile: HANDLE, lpOverlapped: LPOVERLAPPED) c
 pub extern "kernel32" fn CloseHandle(hObject: HANDLE) callconv(.Stdcall) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" fn CreateDirectoryW(lpPathName: [*:0]const u16, lpSecurityAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES) callconv(.Stdcall) BOOL;
+pub extern "kernel32" fn SetEndOfFile(hFile: HANDLE) callconv(.Stdcall) BOOL;
 
 pub extern "kernel32" fn CreateEventExW(
     lpEventAttributes: ?*SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,